1 files changed, 4 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
index 7c44d2b80f..c92fe0b0c0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ files and generates build instructions for the Ninja build system.")
 (define-public meson
   (package
     (name "meson")
-    (version "0.53.2")
+    (version "0.59.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/"
@@ -272,12 +272,11 @@ files and generates build instructions for the Ninja build system.")
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "07y2hh9dfn1m9g4bsy49nbn3vdmd0b2iwr8bxg19fhqq6c7q73ry"))))
+                "0v9m0bazhj48kwc8x3gkxg5c3kcvknvqfjlq22z6pm2h2r2nln6v"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(;; FIXME: Tests require many additional inputs, a fix for the RUNPATH
-       ;; patch in meson-for-build, and patching many hard-coded file system
-       ;; locations in "run_unittests.py".
+     `(;; FIXME: Tests require many additional inputs and patching many
+       ;; hard-coded file system locations in "run_unittests.py".
        #:tests? #f
        #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
                   ;; Meson calls the various executables in out/bin through the
@@ -296,45 +295,6 @@ files}, are written in a custom domain-specific language (@dfn{DSL}) that
 resembles Python.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
-;; Added temporarily for packages that need it.
-;; TODO: Remove when core-updates is merged.
-(define-public meson-0.55
-  (package
-    (inherit meson)
-    (version "0.55.1")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/"
-                                  "releases/download/" version  "/meson-"
-                                  version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "1070kjiirxxdfppmrhi3wsc6rykay1zlciqrzayjhjg0hkw42mrv"))))))
-
-(define-public meson-next
-  (package
-    (inherit meson)
-    (version "0.57.2")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/"
-                                  "releases/download/" version  "/meson-"
-                                  version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "1iac7p99zfgkznq4qlnkk7b8xwwlilcrnkf33sczm56yqnqyg0rs"))))))
-
-(define-public meson-for-build
-  (package
-    (inherit meson)
-    (name "meson-for-build")
-    (source (origin
-              (inherit (package-source meson))
-              (patches (search-patches "meson-for-build-rpath.patch"))))
-
-    ;; People should probably install "meson", not "meson-for-build".
-    (properties `((hidden? . #t)))))
-
 (define-public premake4
   (package
     (name "premake")